Gustavo Paganini Canal

Technician in Electrotechnics from the Federal Center for Technological Education of Espírito Santo, Bachelor in Physics from the Federal University of Espírito Santo, Master's degree in Physics from the Brazilian Center for Physical Research, PhD in Plasma Physics from École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland, postdoctoral at General Atomics - Fusion Division, San Diego - USA, with long-term allocation at Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory, Princeton - USA, and Visiting Professor from Abroad (PVE) at the Institute of Physics of the University of São Paulo (IFUSP). He is currently an Associate Professor at the Department of Applied Physics at IFUSP. One of the authors of the proposed National Nuclear Fusion Program that was submitted to the Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation. Coordinator of the IFUSP tokamak TCABR modernization project. Representative of MS-5 Associate Professors on the Council of the Department of Applied Physics at IFUSP (2020 - Current) where I am a member of the Congregation and of various committees: International Relations Committee (23/08/2023 - Current), Research Committee (28/11/2021 - current), IT Committee (11/09/2021 - 21/03/2024) and Academic Project Monitoring Committee (03/2021 - 03/2022). Coordinator of the Plasma Physics Area Committee of the Brazilian Physics Society (2023 - current). Member of the Programme Committee of the 2024 and 2025 Autumn Meeting of the Brazilian Physical Society. Vice-president of the Superior Council of the Nuclear and Energy Research Institute - IPEN (15/07/2024 - current). Member of the International Advisory Committee of the Latin American Workshop in Plasma Physics (09/2023 - current). Member of the Programme Committee of the Fusion Energy Conference (FEC) 2025. Member of the Plasma Physics Committee of the International Union of Pure and Applied Physics - IUPAP (10/2024 - current). Associate editor of the Brazilian Journal of Physics in the area of Plasma Physics and Nuclear Fusion (06/2025 - current). Has experience in basic plasma physics, nuclear fusion plasmas, tokamaks, plasma diagnostics, and plasmas applied to nanotechnological processes and petroleum processing: plasma glow in DC and RF, DBD, pulsed laser ablation, magnetron sputtering and surface plasmon resonance . (Source: Lattes Curriculum)